Clincher hose coupling



Jn. 3,- 1939. G. ca HOWARD 2,142,752

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mentor Patented Jan. 3, 1939 2,142,752 cLrNcnEa nosa ooUPmNG George G. Howard, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Applicationnpru 5, 193s, serial No. 200,266

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to hose couplings wherein the endof a hose ii' forcedover upon a nipple, and may be secured thereon by bendable l fingers, or other suitable means; clamping or re- 5 ducing the hose endv on the nipple to secure the coupling thereto.

In couplings .of the present day known and used type the nipples thereof vare provided with n outwardly tapering beads with outwardly facing abrupt edges which catch against the extremity of the hose and render it difficult to lwork and expand'the hose over the bead and nipple and offering but little resistance to the pulling ofthe hose from Vthe nipple after the hose has been forced thereover. Y

To overcome these disadvantages is anv object of this invention. The presentinvention provides, at the extremity ofthe nipple, a bead which presents a rounded or cam edge for the nipple to 2o facilitate the expansion andA sliding of the hose end over upon the nipple, and an abrupt inwardly facing shoulder at the extremity of the nipple which catches and binds the hose end when contracted on the nipple to offer considerable resistance to pulling oi of the hose from the nipple,

particularly when the hose end is reduced or clamped about the nipple inwardly of the shoul-v der. v

Another object of the invention is to provide .3o a nipple of improved construction which has'its free edge overturned outwardly and backwardly into semi-bead form with a rounded smooth outer surface for engagement within the end of a hose to facilitate the expansion of the hose and the passage of the hose over the nipple, and with a biting free edge facing backwardly for biting engagement into the inner wall of the hose end to hold the latter from pulling oi of the nipple.

A further object of the invention is to provide,

40 in a hose coupling, a nipple with a rounded outer faced and inwardly shouldered bead so located,

relative to the clincher fingers or other clamping means of the coupling that the bead is outwardly of the end of the clamping means, and wherein the nipple is suiiiciently reduced behind the bead I to admit the contraction of the hose end behind the retaining shoulder of the bead.

Another object is to provide a coupling ern'- bodying the above characteristics Withoutaddi- A tional parts, as sleeves, rings andthe like, and which accomplishes the new results .by-the parti'cular location. and construction of a bead embodied in the construction of the nipple itself for acting upon the inner wall of a hose end.` Thus,

the conventional type of hose coupling may be resisting the pulling of the hose off of the nipple under ordinary strain.

It is an important feature of this invention to dispose the backwardly outturned bead at the extremity of the insertable nipple to not only 16 cam and expand the inner wall ofv the hose for passage over the bead, but also to provide a substantial length of the nipple inwardly of the bead to accommodate a sufcient length of the hose for contraction and compression about and 20 against the nipple inwardly of the bead to securely hold the hose and prevent its pulling away from the coupling. In embodying the features of this invention in the present types of hose couplings, it is essential to maintain the structure 2E' small, short and with no additional parts, and wherein the same may be manufactured without any appreciable cost and withoutany additional steps in the method of manufacture so as to readily substitute the improved coupling for the a0 present types now widely known and used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto). iid

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a clincher hose coupling of the typey having 4biendable clincher lingua-showing the nipple thereof constructed according to the present' invention. m v Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken through 45 the coupling, having the end of a hose secured thereto. -v

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showingthe invention applied to a slightly different l type of hose coupling having a contracted ferrule 50 or ring for securing the hose on the nipple.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken through the same on the line 4 4 of Figure 3. Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken through the form of the hose coupling shown` in Figure 56 3, but with a modiiled form of hose supporting nipple, and

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken through n the same.

Referring now to the drawing, and :first to Fgures l and 2, the coupling is of the clincher iinger type as disclosed in the co-pending application of Emerson H. Thompkins filed August 4, 1937, Serial No. 157,432.

The body of the coupling is made of sheet-metal with an externally threaded plug portion I at one end and a reduced nipple I I at its other end providing an intermediate forwardly facing shoulder I2. Surrounding the nipple II and seated against'the shoulder I2 is a disc I3 carrying a plurality of clincher fingers I4 which are bendable at their juncture with the disc I3 and initially iiare outwardly at an angle about the nipple II. wise suitably formed with gripping portions I at their outer ends adapted to be forced into the outer surface portion of a hose I6, as shown in Figure 2, when the fingers I4 are bent or forced inwardly toward the hose after the latter has been placed over the nipple II. The fingers I 4 are proportioned relative to the nipple II so that when the fingers are bent inwardly into engagement with the hose the clamping portions I5 of the ngers are spaced inwardly from the nipple so as to pinch or compress a portion of the hose between the fingers 'and the outer end of the nipple.

The disc I4 may be held against the shoulder I2 in any suitable manner and in the present instance the base of the nipple II is provided with an outwardly pressed bead I1 which` is spaced from the shoulder I2 a distance equal substantially to the thickness of the disc I3 and which engages the outer side of the disc to hold it against the shoulder and on the nipple. In the construction of the nipple Il shown in Figures 1 and 2 the outer end portion of the nipplev is reduced or stepped inwardly to provide a reduced neck portion I8 immediately adjacent the extremity ofthe nipple, and the end of the nipple is overturned outwardly and backwardly to provide an end bead I9which terminates in a rearwardly facing abrupt shoulder 20 which provides at the outer margin of the shoulder a biting edge adapted to take into the inner wall of the hose I6, as shown in Figure 2, for frictionally and effectively holding the hose from pulling out from the nipple. presents a cam face which constitutes the extremity of the nipple and this cam face is annular and is rounded outwardly from the ywall of the nipple so as to work into the extremity of the hose I6 as the latter is forced over the nipple I I by pressure and aided by a slight twisting action. The cam face of the bead I9 thus facilitates the expansion of the hose over the nipple and renders it comparatively easy for fitting the hose upon the nipple without damage to the free extremity of the hose or theV inner wall thereof. The abrupt shoulder 2|) receives a portion of the hose thereagainst incident to the contraction of the hose when relieved of the pressure of the bead I9 so These fingers I4 are crimped or other- The outerrsurface of the bead I!!l substantially the length of the nipple behind the retaining shoulder 20. Thus the nipple II may be relatively short, as is the conventional form of this type of hose coupling, and the full advanof a ring or sleeve which is tted loosely over the end of the hose and after the' latter has been applied to the nipple II the ferrule or ring I4a is contracted or reduced in diameter by crimping or the like under suitable pressure to compress the end of the hose I6 about and upon the nipple II behind the shoulder 20 of the combined cam and retaining bead'IS.

The nipple II as before'stated may have its or the entire nipple, as shown at IIb in Figures 5 and 6, may be reduced to substantially the diameter of the neck I8 throughout the entire length of the nipple II so as to provide a greater length of the end of the hose I6 in compressed and reduced position behind the retaining shoulder and thus increase the effectiveness of the coupling against pulling away from the end of the hose. As shown in Figures' and 6 the bead I9 on the extremity of the nipple may have its retaining shoulder 20b slightly rounded by carrying the edge of the bead further toward the nipple as shown in comparing. Figures 3 and 5.

However, the biting edge of the shoulder 2Gb isf still present so as to frictionally engage the inner wall of the contracted portion of the hose I6 to l offer resistance to the expansion and sliding of the hose end outwardly over the bead I9'. In Figure 3 the rear edge of the bead I9, which forms the shoulder 20, also shown in Figure 2, terminates in a plane transverse to the axis of the nipple so that the rear extremity of the turned over bead I9 presents a nat annular face which is directed backwardly of the nipple and thus presents a relatively sharp edge or. abutment against which the inner wall of the hose I6 may expand or bulge incident to the contraction of the hose end and the application of 'the securing means thereabout.

The bead I9 with its shoulder 20 may be easily and economically constructed upon the end of the nipple I I and without the addition of any separate parts to the coupling, and being upon the nipple II operates against the inner wall of the hose I6 so that advantage is taken of the inherent contracting qualitiesV of the hose after, it has been expanded over the bead I9. The invention is thus applicable to various types of hose couplings, ltwoof which have been illustrated in the present drawing althoughvother forms and constructions of couplings may be used for the purpose of contracting and binding the hose end upon the nipple Il inwardly of the bead I9 and retaining shoulder.

An essential feature of the invention is -to provide the bead I9 with its shoulder 20 on the extremity of the nipple so that the entire length of the relatively short nipple may be used to advantage in supporting a substantial length of the endV of the hose I6 in contracted' and secured position. It is also essential to Ahave the bead I9 on the extremity of the nipple so that the bead with 75 .outer'end portion reduced to provide the neck I8,

cations being restricted only by the scope of the l following claim: l 15 `villini:isclitimedis:

A elincber hose coupling. 'comprising a tubular body oi' sheet metal having a coupling portion at one end and having a, hose receiving nipple at its other end and rolled over outwardly and backwardly at the extremity`of the nipple into a bead semicircular in cross section with a 5 rounded cam outer surface for easy passage of a hose end thereover and upon the nipple and with an abrupt rearwardlyfacing shoulder for engagement in the inner wall ofthe hose to hold the same on the nipple, and clinching means o! less 1() length than that ofthe nipple for engagement l about the hose inwardly of the bead to .compress the hose about the nipple and against the shoul- L der of the bead.

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